Residents in Fayetteville, Georgia, noticed low water pressure last year. The utility discovered two unaccounted-for water connections at one of the nation’s largest data center campuses.
The company, which is owned by the private equity firm Blackstone, touts a “closed‑loop” cooling system, which it says does not consume water for cooling. Like a laptop or cellphone, the chips housed in data centers can easily overheat — generally requiring a lot of water to cool them.
The company said its water consumption was so high last year because of temporary construction-related activities, such as concrete work, dust control and site preparation.
I’ve never heard of water shortages due to construction needing so much. WTH are they doing on those sites if what Blackrock says is true?
I’ve never heard of water shortages due to construction needing so much. WTH are they doing on those sites if what Blackrock says is true?
Big fucking “if” considering that company almost exclusively makes false statements lol
The data centers they are building are mind boggling huge. Imagine Manhattan in NYC.
The Utah data center will be 2.5 x the entire size of Manhattan in NYC.
holy shit
Lying